Restrictive filling pattern is a powerful predictor of heart failure events postacute myocardial infarction and in established heart failure: a literature-based meta-analysis.
J Card Fail
; 13(5): 346-52, 2007 Jun.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17602980
BACKGROUND: Two recent literature-based meta-analyses revealed that restrictive filling pattern (RFP) was associated with a 4-fold increase in the risk of death in patients with heart failure (HF) and postacute myocardial infarction (AMI). This similar but unique analysis evaluated the link between RFP and morbidity. METHODS AND RESULTS: Prospective echocardiographic studies of patients post-AMI and with HF that reported HF morbidity were identified. Events (post-AMI: development of HF; HF: HF readmission) were compared between patients with and without RFP in both patient groups. Review Manager version 4.2.7 software was used for the analysis. Twelve post-AMI studies (1286 patients, 271 events) and 5 HF studies (647 patients, 176 events) were identified. RFP was associated with HF readmission in the HF patients (OR 2.96 [2.02-4.33] and development of HF post-AMI (OR 10.10 [7.02-14.51]). The event rate in the RFP group was the same regardless of disease category (49% post-AMI, 42% HF); however, RFP was less prevalent in the post-AMI group (22% versus 39%). CONCLUSIONS: This literature-based meta-analysis confirms that RFP is a powerful predictor of HF hospitalization in patients with HF and especially the development of HF post-AMI. This is an important prognostic sign and should be incorporated into routine clinical practice.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Disfunção Ventricular Esquerda
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Insuficiência Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article